2008 Cornell Big Red football team

The 2008 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 4–6, 2–5 in Ivy League play to finish in sixth place.

2008 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
2008 record4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coachJim Knowles (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorBruce Barnum (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorClayton Carlin (2nd season)
CaptainTommy Bleymaier, Nathan Ford, Graham Rihn
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
(Capacity: 25,597)
2008 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 15 Harvard +  6 1     9 1  
Brown +  6 1     7 3  
Penn  5 2     6 4  
Yale  4 3     6 4  
Princeton  3 4     4 6  
Cornell  2 5     4 6  
Columbia  2 5     2 8  
Dartmouth  0 7     0 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 206:00 p.m.at Bucknell*W 21–205,173
September 271:00 p.m.YaleW 17–1413,142
October 412:30 p.m.at Lehigh*W 25–2410,460
October 11Noonat HarvardVersusL 17–3811,263
October 181:00 p.m.Colgate*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 22–388,542
October 2512:30 p.m.at BrownL 7–279,298
November 11:00 p.m.Princeton
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 26–317,122
November 81:00 p.m.Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 37–144,132
November 1512:30 p.m.at ColumbiaL 7–173,811
November 221:00 p.m.Penn
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 6–232,437

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References

  1. "2008 Football Schedule". Retrieved March 11, 2016.
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